San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-07-16
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

Henry e. Dixie has invented a tailor
made suit for lady which comes Of in
sections, revealing II full evening cos
tune. IL Is a trick for DiXie's new bur
lesque.
Thus far "LOhengrin" has been sung In
no less than twenty Italian theaters 1t
has been brought out thrice In Bologna,
thrice In Rome, thrice In Florence, thrice
In Vienna, twice In Naples, twice in
Turin, and once in Trieste, in Parma, In
TrevisO, in Geona, In Verona and In
Milan respectively.
Miss Maude Banks, who has been
making semi-Oflicial debuts for two or
three yesrs past, seems now TO be In for
a career, and her advertisement in the
dramatic papers occupies much space.
Miss Helen Hawkes., niece Of Gen. Jos.
Hooker, will probably make prelim
in8rO professional tour of the summer
resorts by the sea.
Col. Daniel Shelby, Of Chicago, the ac-
tor and manager, who has been on the
stage longer than the veteran COuldOck,
has petitioned the courts to legalize his
right to the name of Shelby. He was
born at Gettysburg in 1888, and his name
IL MGher The name under which he
has won fame and fortune should, he
thinks, be pronounced his for all tire.
Rudolph ArOnson has renewed the
contract with w. 4. Carleton for the ex-
elusive rights to "Erminie" in the west
and south. and has also offered him the
next opera to be produced at the Casin o,
THE Marquis" for the same territory.
MIR. Carleton has also renewed his con-
tract with Messrs. GOldfrank and Con-
ried for the exclusive rights in America
for "NanOn."
The committee having charge OF the
erection of the Mccullough monument
in Philadelphia has changed its plans,
and has written 10 Mr.. Noble, the sCulp-
tor, who executed the bust of the actor,
TO arrange at once to execute Il full pOr-
trait statue to take the place of the bust.
Mr.. Noble will complete the statue by
adding the bust already accepted by the
committee.
The negotiations between Abbey ard
Jane HadIng. the Great French actress.
have been terminated by provision of
the French law. Under the law q mar
ried woman cannot make q contract
without the consent and signature OF
her husband. Mr.. KOning, the husband,
after his trouble with the lady, refused
TO join in signing the contract with Mr..
Abbey, and 50 the engagement is off I'M
til some accommodation shall have been
arranged between man and wife.
"Amanuensis" is the name Of the
play which Manager DiXey has in pickle
for the New York public at the opening
OF the regular season. pretty type
writer will be the heroine, so at last
something new has appeared under the
a atrfa ~
ten the book, L. +. Rice has dug up the
music and John a. Mackay will attend
to heavy tragedy. HypnOtism, ventril-
Oquism and various other isms viii help
on the Imaginable realism.
The number of companies which COM
| monty travel on the road has been SO re-
duced by the withdrawal of managers
| who were afraid of the operation OF the
new railroad law, that a very great
many excellent players have been I'M
able to find employment for the 8p.
| preaching year. The story is told in
! New York OF a well known actress who
has either applied in person or has writ
| ten to every manager of any account In
| the business, and for the first time in ter
| years begins her summer vacation with
| out an engagement for the next winters
| season.
Mr.. Delpit, the author Of the Original
| presentation Of the play "Civil War, :" in
| which Mrs james Brown Potter recent
! ly appeared, has written a letter In
Weighing against the return Of Sarah
| Bernhard to the CUmydie Franchise, de.
| ClariDg diet her reinstatement would be
| a humiliating blow to French art. Mr.
| Delpit asserts that Nine. Bernhardt has
lost her golden voice and spoiled her
talent by playing to American audiences
who don't understand tn c nlceties of the
| French language.
Frau Minna PCschka Leutner, whom
people Interested in musical matters
will remember through her performance
at the Boston jubilee, has opened a sing
| ing school for ladies at Cologne. Frau
PesChke Leutner's voice was one of the
most powerful, if not the most powerful
| ever listened 20 on this side of the At
lantic, and il hlied, with slight effort or
the sODgstress' pBrt, the vast building in
which the jubilee concerts were held
She wrought a particularly good impress
sion in flOrid numbers, among which
Proch's "Air and Variations" wat
specially admired by her audiences.